HamBob’s Angel Biscuits
- Yield 18 servings
These yeasty buttermilk biscuits are perfect with country ham.
Markj Boughton Photography / styling by Teresa Blackburn
Ingredients
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup warm water (100F to 110F)
- 3 to 3 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup shortening
Instructions
- Mix buttermilk and baking soda together.
- Mix yeast, sugar, salt and water together. Let stand until foamy.
- Combine flour and shortening, stirring with a fork until mixed well. Mix in buttermilk mixture. Mix in yeast mixture. (Dough will be wet.) Cover loosely with a kitchen towel and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size.
- Pat out dough to 1/2-inch thickness on a heavily floured board. Cut biscuits with a 2-inch cutter. Place on a baking sheet and let rise 20 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Bake biscuits 10 to 12 minutes, until golden brown. Makes about 18.
Note: Angel biscuits are a cross between a biscuit and a yeast roll. Placing them close together on the baking sheet makes them rise more.
—Recipe courtesy of The Hamery, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
